Bloomberg first reported the latest development, which follows
months of talks about both a direct investment in the ride - hailing company at the company's last private valuation of nearly $ 70 billion and also a large purchase of the shares of existing shareholders at the lower price.
As many authors can attest, however, after a few
months of talking about your book topic, day after day after day, you get the writer's equivalent of the late - night giggles.
Many editors suspect their readers are bored rigid by it, after so many consecutive
months of talk about country of origin checks and trade rules and the like.
CPS made the budget - cutting process worse by insisting, despite 18
months of talk about a dire money problem, that budgets weren't going down for 2013 — 14.
After
months of talk about Richard Schulze's upcoming acquisition of Best Buy, it turns out the deal might never happen.
Not exact matches
So entrenched is this marketing gimmick that Trade Minister François - Philippe Champagne now
talks about Canada as a gateway to more than 1 billion people, a figure he derives from adding the populations
of North America and the European Union, another big, rich economy with which Canada enjoys preferential access as
of earlier this
month.
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Tuesday hailed the «tremendous bravery»
of the crew and passengers aboard a damaged Southwest Airlines plane that was forced into an emergency landing in Philadelphia last
month, saying, «Everybody's
talking about it.»
During a
talk at The Connecticut Forum earlier this
month, former First Lady Michelle Obama shared her thoughts
about the recent wave
of allegations
of sexual assault, harassment and misconduct against powerful men.
When Guy Laurence, the former CEO
of Rogers Communications Inc. (which owns Canadian Business), took the reins
of the telecom three years ago, he spent several
months touring the country,
talking to everyone from cable installers to call centre staffers to mid-level managers
about their concerns.
I am, however, a journalist, and I've spent the last few
months talking to analysts and economists from across Canada
about the possibility
of a housing market crash in Canada.
Starting off with my favorite holiday
of the year, Halloween is one
of the most mindless holiday marketing
months and I am not
talking about zombies; though when I read some
of these Facebook pages it makes me wish I was one... What I mean is that it's relatively easy to research and find quality content that can be used to boost interest in your cause, so why not do something more ghoulish?
I'm
talking about months of feeling emotionally drained.
Powell has publicly resisted
talking about Clinton's emails in recent
months saying her use
of a private server «doesn't bother me.»
You haven't done much marketing, but you have a steady flow
of about 20 ticket sales per
month from
talking to people yourself (direct sales), loyal repeat customers and word -
of - mouth referrals.
Though the TSA and the hotel group have been in
talks for more than a year, the conversation kicked into high gear
about four
months ago, according to Susan Peckenschneider, director
of global partnerships for Carlson.
In the movie Knocked Up under - achieving friends
talk endlessly
about creating a web site that will direct people to the «good parts» (meaning nudity) in every movie ever made only to find out after
months of planning Mr. Skin had beat them to it.
One
of the most
talked -
about «dark money» groups
of the election released its tax returns yesterday, showing it raised almost $ 77 million from fewer than 100 donors over 19
months.
If you're one
of the world's 284 million active Twitter users each
month, you might be using the social - media platform to keep up with the news from media outlets, views
of bloggers and conversations
of remarkable people
talking about whatever market your business is in.
But publishing content on their own blog wasn't the thing that boosted Buffer's initial growth: In this interview Buffer co-founder Leo Widrich
talks about how he used an aggressive guest - blogging strategy to get 100,000 users within the first nine
months of launching.
«We
talk about budgets; we
talk about planning your finances; but what a lot
of people don't do is plan out the next 12 to 18 or 24
months of their careers,» StumbleUpon CEO Mark Bartels told Business Insider.
To prevent this, beware
of potential hires who
talk about all the learning they plan to do during their first
month on the job, which, Horowitz says, suggests that they think a start - up is as complicated as a big company.
Félix Lajeunesse
of Felix & Paul Studios, whose Montreal business creates groundbreaking virtual reality content for Oculus Rift,
talks about how his company makes content for a technology platform that won't be widely available to the public for
months to come.
Cohen: In the course
of the next four or five
months, we
talked collegially
about how to move the business along.
Allen spent a
month talking to members
of his financial staff before he initiated discussions
about the company's treasury - management system with its domestic bank, Miami's Northern Trust Bank
of Florida, N.A..
If the speakers don't impress attendees, or you run out
of food, it can be
talked about for
months afterward... And you might shoulder the blame, or at least share it.
The founder and editor - in - chief
of the global affairs magazine Monocle, which celebrates its eight - year anniversary this
month,
talked to us
about moving across the pond to become a journalist, and how he became an entrepreneur in the process.
During BMW
of North America's debut
of its M2 coupe on Periscope last
month, the sound dipped in and out as the driver
talked about how the car handled.
I could spend the next few
months talking about the terrible judgment
of my plutocrat fixer - in - chief and my TV - star Senate appointee.
Possibilities for reforming the distribution
of H - 1B visas, which are used largely by the tech industry, were discussed at a meeting last
month with chief executives
of tech companies at Trump Tower, said two sources, who asked not to be named because they were not authorized to
talk about the closed - door
talks.
The broad points are sound, but I didn't get a conclusion to warn you
of an impending recession any more than I did from the Times article, but thought it coincidental that many are
talking about a recession but NOT associating such
talk to the stock market's action in the last
month.
Libin started
talking about finding a replacement with Evernote's board
of directors in earnest early this year, and the company started zeroing in on candidates
about four
months ago.
Andy Brenner, head
of international fixed income securities at National Alliance Securities, said in a note that the hiring
of a special prosecutor «and
talk about obstruction
of justice being an impeachable offense» could push back efforts to enact Trump's tax reform and fiscal stimulus proposals for
months.
He told Fortune magazine last
month that he's
talked to the management
of Utz, the Pennsylvania - based snack maker,
about potentially buying the company.
He
talks about one trader who «seems to get in near the start
of every substantial bull move and works his $ 10 thousand up to a quarter
of a million in a couple
of months.
One nice aspect
of waiting six
months between financial updates is that there's actually items
of substance to
talk about.
The pattern on trade policy through the first 14
months of the Trump administration has been to pair blustery
talk —
about pulling out
of the North American Free Trade Agreement, for example — with more modest policy actions and negotiations that may avert real economic damage.
«There's nothing wrong with the company as it exists right now... I'm not
talking about the company as I, kind
of, took it over six
months ago.
Yet despite these developments, less than two
months after the release
of the Fall Update, Minister Flaherty is
talking about a much larger - than - expected surplus in 2015 - 16.
It's always a risk writing
about a deal before it is official: CNBC reported a
month ago that Disney was in
talks to acquire many
of 21st Century Fox's assets, including its eponymous movie studio, TV production company, cable channels, and international assets (but not the Fox broadcast network, Fox News, FS1 — Fox's sports channel — and Fox Business).
Laura Keller
talked about the findings
of a six -
month internal investigation
of Wells Fargo accounts created without...
«I intend to spend the coming
months talking about issues that affect the everyday lives
of Mississippians — issues like jobs, making health care more affordable, and infrastructure,» He wrote in one.
Some
months ago Netflix
talked about a solo strategy, but later recanted and spoke
of finding a business partner in China.
My first mission is to pay off the credit cards (avalanche / snowball method) within the next 11
months and then look into all
of the savings / investment, Personal Finance tracking, and other items you
talked about in your blog.
Listen to this graduate
talk about the power
of our marketing group and how she made $ 25,000 in commission in the first two
months of her business.
After
months of searching on the net, i found that you're one
of the few that know really what they're
talking about.
This is not uncommon, if we look back to 2013 to see an example
of this, the Fed started
talking about the quantitative easing taper in the middle
of 2013, and by Sept 2013 the expectation was they were ready to go, but they held back for 3 more
months because
of the tightening
of financial conditions.
OlaThe
talks about Ola's next fundraise have been getting louder in the past couple
of months as its key rival Uber said it is looking to ramp up India business even as it gave up the fight in China.
We
talked to former PC cabinet minister and life - long PC member, Heather Klimchuk
about her life with the party that she loves, the women who have helped shape the party so far, and «the ugly side
of politics» that has emerged in the past
months.
In this
month's edition
of Real Estate Trend Alert Insider, exclusive to RETA Lifetime members, Ronan
talks to you directly
about his own investment... in Northeast Brazil.
Every couple
of months we bring together founders and CEOs, 10 to 20
of them, in a room, to really roll up our sleeves and
talk about both the opportunities for growth, but more critically, how to address the challenges.